Car-fender.



No. 706,041. Patented Aug. 5, I902. A. M. FERGUSON '& J. A. u. BEAUDRY.

CAR FEN DEB. .(Application filed Nov. 14, 1901.

(No Model.)

W/ TNE SSE 8 UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFICE.

ALBERT MARION FERGUSON, OF STE. OUNEGONDE, AND JOSEPH A. U.

BEAUDRY, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,041 dated August 5,1902.

Application filed November 14, 1901. Serial No. 82,263. (No model.)

IQ Street-Car Fenders; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our invention relates to street-car fenders. Its object is to produce asafe and reliable car-fender at a moderate price.

It consists in a frame made of iron tubing and a netting of thin metalbands, the frame, in two sections, folding in a compass-joint. One ofthe said sections is attached to the car and the other is suspended bychains -to the horizontal rod, easily worked by the m0- torman, and whenreleased the fender rests on two wheels running on the rails.

In the drawings attached hereto, Figure 1 is a side View of the fenderas it appears in front of a street-car. The plain lines show the fendersuspended about a foot over-the roadway by chains attached to ahorizontal rod. The dotted lines show the same fender as let down androlling on the rails in case of accident. Close to the splash-board isthe fender folded up, if so desired. Tied to the splash-board, to theforward part of the fender and to the two suspended chains, is attacheda net of fabric Q, offering a baggy surface to receive the bodies ofpersons or things picked up by said fender. Fig. 2 is a View of theouter face of a street-car splashboard, showing the vertical rod J, itstwo branches K K, the horizontal rod I resting on the open hooks H H.Fig. 3 is'a plan of the fender stretched out and suspended by the chainsE E to the horizontal rod I. It shows the netting of metal bands fillingthe field of the fender and also the net of fabric Q stretched above themetal bands.

A is the platform of a street-car. splash=board of the same.

0 and D show the fender, composed of a B is the frame of gas-tubing, intwo sections articulated at F in a compass-joint, the rear sectionground when the car is in use.

D resting in the hooks G G, fastened to the platform, where it issecured by a pin, while 0, the forward section covered with rubber, ismade to roll on the rails on two small rubber-tired wheels. A nettingmade of metal bands fills the field of the fender.

' E E are chains suspending the forward section 0 of the fender to theends of the horizontal rod I.

F F are the compass-joints of the two sections 0 and D of the fender.

G G are hooks fixed to the front of the car to hold the hind section ofthe fender to the car. A pin put through holes in the hooks prevents thefender from jumping out of its place.

H H are two open hooks attached to the upper front corners of thesplash-board B to receive the horizontal rod I.

I is a horizontal rod resting in the open hooks H H. At each extremityof it are the metal chains EE, suspending the forward section of thefender C about a foot from the It also carries two small chains R R,attached to the top of the splash-board B to prevent the said horizontalrod from falling out of reach of the motorman when the fender is letdown in case of accident.

J is a movable vertical rod to release the horizontal rod I from itshooks H H. It branches out in two opposite directions K K toward theextremities of the horizontal rod 1. The upper ends L L of thesebranches K K are L-shaped to fit under the horizontal rod I. It slidesup and down in two collars O 0. It is provided at about thirty inchesfrom the floor with a handle N, projecting in four or five inchesthrough the splash-board B. The foot of this vertical rod J rests on theend of a pedal-lever M, placed on the floor of the platform A.

K K are the two branches of the vertical rod J, extending right and leftto the ends of the horizontal rod I. i

I. L are the two L-shaped hooks at the end of the two branches K K tolift the horizontal rod I out of its open hooks H H to release thefender and allow the same to roll on the rails.

M is the pedal-lever on which the foot of the vertical rod J is resting.

N is a handle in the vertical rod J, projecting through the splash-boardB within easy access of the motorman.

O O are two collars through which the vertical rod J slides upward ordownward.

P P are the two rails of the track.

Q is the landing-net, of fabric, fastened to the splash-board, to theforward section 0 of the fender, and along the two suspendingchains E E,Fig. 8. It shows the manner in which the said net of fabric is stretchedto protect bodies of personsor things from knocking against the metalbands of the fender or against the splash-board B.

R R are the two small chains attached to the ends of the horizontal rodI and to the splash-board B to prevent the said horizontal rod Ifallingout of the reach of the motorman.

W W are two rubber-tired Wheels, of three inches diameter, supportingthe forward end of the fender.

The letters C, D, E, F, and I'show the fender as it is usually carriedin front of the cars. The letters 0, D, E, F, and 1 indicate the fenderlet down in case of accident. The let ters G D E F show the position ofthe fender folded up against the splash-board when necessary.

To use ourinvention, the car-fender is hung on the hooks G G at the footof the splashboard 13 and the horizontal rod I placed on the open hooksH H, thus suspending by the chains E E the fenders forward section 0about onefoot from the ground, and the invention is ready for use. Incase of accident the motorman gives to the vertical rod J an v upwardpull, either by the handle N or by pressure of the pedal-lever M, thusthrowing the horizontal rod I off the two hooks H H, causing the forwardsection 0 of the fender to fall till the two rubber-tired wheels W \Vrest on the rails PP and roll on them close to the ground and ready topick up any body along its path. The two chains R R, attached to the endof the horizontal rod I and to the upper part of the splash-board B,will prevent the said horizontal rod I from falling out of reach of themotorrnan. When the danger is over, the motorman takes the horizontalrod I with his two hands and replaces it on the two open hooks H H, andthe fender is again ready for an emergency.

When so desired, the fender O D can be folded up and hooked close to thesplash-board B, as shown by O", D, and F" in Fig. 1.

WVe will not claim as our invention iron tubing nor metal bands norrubber-tired wheels; but

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In safety car-fenders: a frame of iron tubing in two sectionsarticulated in compass-joints, hooks to attach the same to cars, tworubbertired wheels to roll on the rails, a netting of metal bands,chains to suspend said fender to a horizontal rod chained to thesplash-board and supported on hooks, a landing baggingnet of fabricfastened on its four sides, two supportin g-chains, a vertical rodbranching to the ends of the horizontal rod, for the purpose and in themanner hereinabove described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands, at Montreal, November12, 1901, in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT MARION FERGUSON. J. A. U. BEAUDRY.

